Ten-year-old Barney Flaherty became first newsboy in the U.S. He worked for New York Sun–
George Eastman received a patent for the roll-film camera–
First transit of McClure Strait (Northwest Passage) made by the US Navy icebreaker, Burton Island and US Coast Guard icebreaker, Northwind–
Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel–
U.S. swimmer, Mark Spitz, became the first person to win seven gold medals in a single Olympics–
Bob Barker began hosting The Price is Right–
Thieves stole $2 million in art from Montreal Museum of Fine Arts–
A 127-pound cabbage won a prize at the Alaska State Fair–
A 50-year overdue library book, The United States in World War I, was returned to the Lexington, Kentucky, public library.–
Weather
Washington, D.C., got 4.4 inches of rain in 2 hours–
A tornado struck Minneapolis, Minnesota–
Tropical storm Delia dumped very heavy rain on Galveston, Texas, resulting in flooding–
A strong dust devil whirled across the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport in Arizona, flipping a Cessna 182 plane and scattering papers in the National Weather service office.–
